Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 02:47
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$78 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 804 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 2184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 2190 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.9% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.4 70% 79.2 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 67 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 310 Mixed 276 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 47.7 148% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 106 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 130 131 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 64.7 Mixed 85 SusWrite 129 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 28.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 21.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,297x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,986x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	749x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,093x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	652x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	601x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $53Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	277x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	220x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	575x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	445x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	257x

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